Kilkenny County Council election, 2014

Kilkenny County Council election, 2014
All 24 seats to Kilkenny County Council ; 13 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the area of Kilkenny County Council
Council control before election; Fine Gael ; Labour Party ;	Council control after election; Fine Gael ; Labour Party ; Green Party ; Independents ;

Last updated April 14, 2019

An election to Kilkenny County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office, a reduction of 2 seats from the previous election in 2009. In addition the Kilkenny Borough Council was abolished.

Kilkenny County Council is the authority responsible for local government in County Kilkenny, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 24 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (Chairperson). The county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Colette Byrne. The county town is Kilkenny city.

Fianna Fáil became the largest party after the elections securing 10 Council seats, a gain of 3. Fine Gael, by contrast, had a very poor set of results and lost 5 of their Council seats returning with 7 seats in all. Sinn Féin broke through in the county winning 3 seats, while Labour retained just 2 seats on the Council. Malcolm Noonan of the Greens was re-elected in Kilkenny city and Independents secured the final seat.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	10	+3	14,550	37.2%
	Fine Gael	7	-5	11,705	29.9%
	Sinn Féin	3	+3	3,853	9.9%
	Labour Party	2	-3	4,362	11.2%
	Green Party	1	-	1,372	3.5%
	Independent	1	-	2,827	7.2%
Totals		24	-2		100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

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Castlecomer

Castlecomer- 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Labour Party	Maurice Shorthall*	16.10	1,665
	Fine Gael	Mary Hilda Cavanagh*	13.93	1,440	1,446	1,451	1,501
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Fitzpatrick	11.02	1,139	1,167	1,176	1,230	1,312	1,350	1,663
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Millea*	11.02	1,139	1,147	1,150	1,168	1,189	1,266	1,405	1,463	1,464
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McCarthy	10.18	1,053	1,057	1,059	1,069	1,080	1,129	1,197	1,300	1,301
	Sinn Féin	Catríona Redmond	9.16	947	974	1,002	1,023	1,151	1,168	1,274	1,291	1,291
	Fianna Fáil	Maria Fenlon-Keating	6.85	708	712	726	826	859	887
	Fine Gael	John Brennan	6.28	649	708	724	849	947	1,242	1,316	1,323	1,344
	Fine Gael	Joan Fitzpatrick	4.88	505	510	512	595	618	618
	Fine Gael	Thomas Byrne	4.85	501	503	504
	Independent	Gerrard Ferris	3.98	412	447	525	531
	Independent	Jamie Dowling	1.75	181	190
Electorate: 17,610 Valid: 10,339 (58.71%) Spoilt: 137 Quota: 1,478 Turnout: 10,476 (59.49%)

Kilkenny City-East

Kilkenny City-East - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12
	Fianna Fáil	Andrew McGuinness*	14.63	1,373
	Fianna Fáil	Peter (Chap) Clere	10.46	981	986	989	994	1,013	1,086	1,119	1,171	1,190	1,498
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Neill*	9.99	938	939	948	953	974	1,009	1,041	1,071	1,114	1,173	1,191	1,241
	Fine Gael	Michael Doyle	9.37	879	879	883	885	902	910	923	970	999	1,125	1,173	1,419
	Sinn Féin	David Kennedy	7.81	733	735	740	780	795	804	830	885	929	976	994	1,056
	Labour Party	Tommy Prendergast*	7.02	659	659	660	663	729	730	806	820	856	879	893
	Fine Gael	Jimmy Leahy	6.85	643	646	653	676	687	756	814	820	876	892	896	941
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Treacy*	5.86	550	552	554	558	594	673	692	783	794
	Independent	Breda Gardner	5.32	499	499	529	574	616	633	670	774	898	962	989	1,060
	Independent	Dixie Doyle	4.34	407	408	415	424	465	467	476
	Green Party	Rian Coulter	4.1	385	386	404	418	423	436	479	487
	Labour Party	Marie Fitzpatrick*	3.64	342	345	351	367	403	425
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Reidy	3.56	334	344	347	356	361	361
	Labour Party	Michael O'Brien*	3.50	328	329	333	335
	Independent	Daithí Holohan	2.05	192	194	218	218
	Independent	Ramie Leahy	0.76	71	71
	Independent	Remi Sikora	0.43	40	40
	Independent	Adam Zagorski	0.32	30	30
Electorate: 16,618 Valid: 9,383 (56.46%) Spoilt: 119 Quota: 1,341 Turnout: 9,502 (57.18%)

Kilkenny City-West

Kilkenny City-West - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Fianna Fáil	Matt Doran*	13.58	1,319	1,320	1,321	1,382	1,402
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Malone	11.80	1,146	1,153	1,172	1,173	1,197	1,232	1,290	1,534
	Green Party	Malcolm Noonan*	10.16	987	1,012	1,072	1,080	1,189	1,313	1,347	1,415
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick McKee †	10.13	984	994	1,004	1,009	1,043	1,073	1,123	1,330	1,436
	Sinn Féin	Kathleen Funchion ††	9.80	952	965	981	992	1,014	1,146	1,188	1,260	1,271	1,283
	Fine Gael	David Fitzgerald*	9.12	886	894	910	960	1,010	1,029	1,200	1,279	1,284	1,293
	Fianna Fáil	John Coonan*	7.58	736	742	744	751	777	794	866
	Fine Gael	Martin Brett*	7.19	698	706	721	752	810	831	1,052	1,181	1,205	1,223
	Fine Gael	Billy Ireland*	6.52	633	634	636	687	705	714
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	Conor MacLiam	4.20	408	422	448	450	470
	Labour Party	Seán O hArgáin	4.05	393	404	412	415
	Fine Gael	Paul Croke	2.60	252	254	255
	Independent	Conor Foley	1.82	177	195
	Independent	Wladek Hanczar	1.43	139
Electorate: 17,274 Valid: 9,710 (56.21%) Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,388 Turnout: 9,808 (56.78%)

Piltown

Piltown - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Fine Gael	Pat Dunphy*	12.81	1,222	1,279	1,306	1,310	1,392
	Sinn Féin	Melissa O'Neill†††	12.80	1,221	1,265	1,301	1,346	1,469
	Labour Party	Tomás Breathnach*	10.22	975	1,034	1,051	1,066	1,132	1,149	1,183	1,197	1,320	1,349
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Aylward*	9.65	921	938	1,045	1,160	1,197	1,205	1,256	1,286	1,547
	Fine Gael	Fidelis Doherty*	9.28	885	969	979	1,048	1,053	1,058	1,474
	Fianna Fáil	Ger Frisby	7.34	700	745	773	840	855	860	891	902	1,041	1,164
	Fine Gael	John Maher	6.41	612	618	666	675	765	771	807	857	969	986
	Fianna Fáil	Cora Long*	6.07	579	598	664	710	785	795	812	817
	Independent	John Burke	6.04	576	585	611	618
	Fine Gael	Paddy Gaule	5.83	556	572	583	676	681	681	681
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Walsh	4.92	469	480	506
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Fennelly	4.39	419	421
	Fine Gael	Fintan Byrne	4.26	406
Electorate: 17,578 Valid: 9,541 (54.28%) Spoilt: 117 Quota: 1,364 Turnout: 9,658 (54.94%)

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References

↑ Kilkenny County Council "Irish Independent" Check |url= value (help).

Changes since 2014

† On 31 March 2015 Kilkenny City-West Fianna Fáil Cllr Patrick McKee defected to the Renua party.
†† Kilkenny City-West Sinn Féin Cllr Kathleen Funchion was elected to the Dáil as a TD for Carlow-Kilkenny at the Irish general election, 2016. Her partner, Sean Tyrrell, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.
††† Piltown Sinn Féin Councillor Melissa O'Neill was expelled from the party on 7 December 2016 and now sits as an Independent.

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